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To the extent that there’s a new Tim Allen here, it’s the one who, thinking of his late wife, and the flour sifter he has taken care not to clean, he cries, almost, sort of.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025
Lay your paper heart or other design atop the cake, load up a couple tablespoons of powdered confectioners’ sugar into a sifter or fine-mesh sieve, and let it snow.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023
For instance, if you're using oat flour or mesquite flour, you will want to use a sifter, as these flours tend to clump.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2021
Putting the compost through a sifter will not increase its potency, but it will create a fine texture, breaking up moist clods and removing unwelcome items such as stones, bones and chunks of wood.
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2016
Blore was busy on the handle of the chopper and the flour sifter from the kitchen.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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